ZOOM

ZOOM

I DIDN'T LIKE IT
I T WAS SO WEARED
NOT FLATTERING AT ALL
I WONDER HOW COME PEOPLE ARE STAYING ON ZOOM FOR HOURS

YES, SOME HAVE TO WORK FROM HOME
NECESSARY
THEY HAVE NO CHOICE
BUT ONE'S WITH A CHOICE
SHOULD STAY AWAY
THAT'S WHAT I THINK...

I AMEAN...
WE ARE GOING THROUGH ROUGH TIMES
RIGHT?
AND STILL WE HAVE TO WATCH CELEBRITIES?
ARN'T WE SICK OF THEM?
IN THE PAST....
IN THOSE ALMOST FORGOTTEN TIMES
WE HAD NOTHING ELSE TO DO BUT WATCH CELEBRITIES
AND THEIR DESIGNERS GOWNS
SO MANY AWARD CEREMONIES
ALL OF THEM LOOKING LIKE ROYALTIES
GETTING AWARDS
WITH THEIR SLIM, SLIM, SLIM FIGURES
MAKING US HATE OURSELVES

AND NOW WHEN WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES
MORE THAN EVER
LOOK AFTER OUR HEALTH
TO BE SAFE

NOW WE HAVE TO GO ON ZOOM
AND LOOK AT THE INSIDE OF THEIR
MANSIONS...
YES, THEY HAVE MANSIONS
I GUESS WE KNEW THAT
BUT WE HAD NO IDEA
WHAT KIND OF FURNITURE WAS THERE
NOW WE KNOW...

AND NOW WE HAVE TO HATE OURSELVES AGAIN
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THOSE  FANCY ANTIQUE SOFAS
AND THE TALL WALL TO CEILING WINDOWS
OPENING INTO HUGE GARDENS WITH LUSH TREES
AND WE ARE INSIDE THE DUSTY APARTMENTS
WITH NO GREEN TREE IN THE SURROUNDINGS

NOW WE HAVE TO HATE OURSELVES  AGAIN?
WATCHING THE CELEBRITIES.
WITH THEIR HAIR AND MAKE UP DONE
THANKING THE STRUGGLING, WORKING, DYING PEOPLE, 'THE FRONT WORKERS."

HONEY, WHY DON'T YOU GET UP FROM YOUR
SOFA AND GO GIVE SOME FOOD AND COMFORT TO THE ONES SUFFERING?
MERE, "THANK YOU". IS NOT ENOUGH...
CELEBS SHOULD JUST STAY IN THEIR MANSIONS
AND REST FROM MAKING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
GIVE DOLLARS A REST
LET SOME POOR SLOB HAVE A FEW MORE DOLLARS
SO THEY CAN TAKE A TAXI SOME DAY
INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR NUMBER 7 ALL EVENING
AND THEN GOING HOME TO COOK...

I WANT NO ZOOM
I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT  ANYONE ONE'S GARDEN..
I AM OK TO JUST LOOK OUTSIDE AND SEE SOME HOMELESS
STILL IN THEIR ENCAMPMENTS
I HEARD THE AUTHORITIES LIFTED THE BAN
ABOUT ENCAMPMENTS...
I MEAN THEY ALLOWED THE HOMELESS TO SLEEP ON THE SIDE WALKS
BECAUSE THEIR SHELTERS ARE FULL...
WHAT A NICE GESTURE AT THE TIME OF RAGINGLY ANGRY COVID-19?

I HAVE AN IDEA FOR THE GOVERMENT
TAKE SOME OF THE MANSIONS AWAY FROM THE CELEBRITIES
AND PUT HOMELESS THERE
OK, JUST TEMPORARY TILL CORONA-VIRUS GOES AWAY
AFTER THAT THEY CAN SANITIZE THEIR MANSIONS
NOT DIFFICULT TO DO WITH THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THEY HAVE...
THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY MOVING, "THANK YOU". TO THE FRONT WORKERS AS WELL....

IT'S FUNNY THAT THEY NEVER THOUGHT, THE MOVIE STARS , I MEAN
THEY NEVER THOUGHT THAT THEY WON'T BE TALKED ABOUT IN 2020
INSTEAD OF THE NEWS OF WHAT SO AND SO MOVIE SATR WORE?
NOW IT'S THE CORONA-VIRUS 24/7
NOW THE NEW CELEBRITY, THE NEW STAR IS COVID-19
AND IT IS AS SELF INVOLVED AS THE STARS...

THEY ALWAYS ADVERTISE, WHAT THEY EAT, HOW THEY LIVE, WHAT
CLOTHES DO THEY WEAR, WHICH GYM  DO THEY GO TO,  HOW MANY TIMES
THEY HAVE BEEN DIVORCED
WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO BUY THE NEW MANSION?

THEY SHOW US THE PICTURES OF THEIR PRIVATE PLANES
WHAT KIND OF SUN GLASSES THEY WEAR WHEN THEY WANT TO HIDE
BUT THEY ARE OUTSIDE, WANT TO BE SEEN PRETENDING
BEHIND THEIR MILLION DOLLAR SHADES
THEY NEVER WANTED TO BE FORGOTTEN

THAT'S FOR SURE
THEY NEVER WANT TO BE FORGOTTEN
AND WITH THE NEW ERA OF CORONA-VIRUS
THEY ARE ANXIOUS, SO ANXIOUS
THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN TALKED ABOUT...

SO GUESS WHAT!
THEY DECIDED TO CREATE ZOOM
AND FACE TIME AND WHATEVER ELSE
SO NOT ONLY THEY WOULD BE SEEN
BUT THEIR BEDROOMS,,
THEIR BED SHEETS,
THEIR DOGS, THEIR
JEWELERY,
THEIR BOOKS,
OH! YES...
THEY ARE GREAT READERS...
THEY KNOW THEIR BERNARD SHAW AND THEIR SHAKESPEARE

THEY QUIT SCHOOL
BUT THEY KNOW
CHRIS MARLOW
RIGHT!
YOU KNOW I HAVE WATCHED SOME OF THEM PERSONALY ON TV
THEY PROUDLY ANNOUNCE..
"OH! I QUIT SCHOOL WHEN I WS IN 4TH GRADE,."
"HOW FABULOUS IS THAT?"  THE TONIGHT SHOW HOST PRAISES THEM..

SO MANY OF THEM QUIT SCHOOL?
MAN! WHAT SUFFERING WE WENT THROUGH...
TO STUDY ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT FOR YEARS...
GOT ALL OUR DEGREES AND HOW PROUD WE WERE
AND LOOK NOW...

WE WERE NEVER INTERVIEWED BY JOHNY CARSON
WE NEVER HAD THOSE SUNGLASSES
WE NEVER WERE AT AN AWARD CEREMONY
WE WERE NEVER SLIM
WE ATE ALL THE REFINED FOOD
WE NEVER WENT TO A FANCY GYM
WE NEVER WENT TO A FANCY NUDE BEACH
WE NEVER HAD A MANSION
ALL WE HAD WAS EDUCATION AND SELF LOATHING....

HATE,  AND MORE HATE....
SO MUCH HATE...
JESUS
CORONA DOESN'T LIKE SO MUCH HATE
CORONA WANTS US TO LIKE OURSELVES
KEEP HEALTHY
EAT HEALTHY FOOD
TO BOOST OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM

OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM WAS ALWAYS WEAK...
REFIND FOOD, DARLING, REFIND FOOD
ONE THEY GIVE TO THE HOMELESS
OUT SIDE SOME CHURCHES...

OH! PLEASE COVID-19 DOESN'T LIKE THAT...
NO, NO, NO. 
CORONA-VIRUS GOES FOR UNHEALTHY BLOOD
WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR HEALTH AND DEMEANOR
POSITIVE THINKING, WHICH WE NEVER HAD ABOUT OUR BODIES AND OUR LIVES
AFTER WE WATCHED THE OSCARS...,
THANK GOD THERE IS NO OSCAR OR ANY OTHER CEREMONY RIGHT NOW.

THEY HAVE SO MANY GOWNS, THEY NEED SO MANY AWARD CEREMONOIES...
THANK GOD, THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED
FOR A WHILE AT LEAST
NOW WE CAN AVOID SELF HATRED FOR THE TIME BEING...

IT'S AMAZING...
WE ARE SO EDUCATED AND WE HAVE SO MUCH SELF LOATHING
AND ALL OF THEM STARS ARE SO ILLITERATE AND STILL SO RICH
SO, SO, SO RICH....AND PROUD...
THEY DEFINITLY HAVE GOOD IMMUNE SYSTEM

I WISH I NEVRE WENT TO COLLEGE
THEN I WOULD  HAVE BEEN ON ALL THE CELB SHOWS
AND I WOULD HAVE HAD A BIG HOUSE WITH A BIG GARDEN IN EAST HAMPTON
AND THEN I WILL BE ON ZOOM...

PERHAPS THEN I WON'T LOOK SO BAD, SO TIRED, SO SLOPPY
BUT RIGHT NOW...NO ZOOM FOR ME...
WHAT AM I GOING TO SHOW PEOPLE?
"HEY GUYS, I AM HIGHLY EDUCATED BUT NEVER HAD MONEY
FOR THE CLEANING LADY
SO COME AND SEE MY MESS...

BUT THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE ONLY REASON...THE MESS...
I JUST HATE ALL THESE THINGS
SKYPE?
WHO WANTS TO BE ON SKYPE EARLY IN THE MORNING OR LATE AT NIGHT?

"HI, HOW ARE YOU?"
THE FAR AWAY RELATIVES ASK
"CAN'T YOU TELL?"
I SAY..
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?"
"CAN'T YOU SEE,  HOW UGLY THIS SKYPE MAKES ME LOOK?"
"OH! WELL, YOU ARE GETTING OLD."
"LISTEN, I DON'T WANT TO BE ON SKYPE OR ZOOM OR ANYTHING FANCY LIKE THAT?"
"WHY NOT?"
"STOP ASKING ME...AND BY THE WAY YOU DON'T LOOK SO GREAT EITHER."
"STILL LOOK BETTER THAN YOU.  I AM YOUNGER THAN YOU."
"EVERY ONE IS YOUNGER THAN ME, BUT PLEASE DONT SKYPE ME AGAIN."
"WHAT ABOUT WHAT'S APP?  YOU WON'T BE SEEN IF THAT'S YOUR WORRY
WE WILL JUST TALK."

"I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR FACE OR TALK TO YOU AT ALL,
YOU HEAR ME?
I HATE ALL THESE DEVICES...POWER CONTROL INSTUMENTS.
JUST TO FEEL IMPORTANT, I
 DON'T...
WANT TO FEEL IMPORTANT.
I HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO...

I NEED TO BOOST MY IMMUNE SYSTEM
AND YOU AND THE MODERN TECHNOLGY
IS NOT AT ALL GOOD FOR MY WEAK IMMUNE SYSTEM...SO GOOD BY.."

I HAVE TO GET RID OF ZOOM
I JUST SIGNED UP YESTERDAY...
I WONDER WHY?
PEOPLE, IT'S PEOPLE WHO FUCKING FORCE ME...

"DO THIS, DO THAT, DO THAT, DO THIS..."
NEVER LISTEN TO ANY ONE, YOU HEAR...
LET THEM BE ON ZOOM
LET THEM LOOK UGLY
LET THEM HATE THEMSELVES AFTERWARD.........

ZOOM IS NOT FOR ME
THAT'S FOR SURE
I TRIED IT
I GUESS I HAVE A POSITIVE
PROGRESSIVE ATTITUDE
BUT WHO WANTS TO HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE
AND STILL LOOK SO GAUNT, SO UGLY?